• Assessing the Potential Replacement of Laurel Forest by a Novel Ecosystem in the Steep Terrain of an Oceanic Island 

      Sharan Devkota, Ram; Field, Richard; Vetaas, Ole Reidar; Beierkuhnlein, Carl; Hoffmann, Samuel; Walentowitz, Anna; Jentsch, Anke; Medina, Felix; Weiser, Frank; Chiarukki, Allessandro (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Biological invasions are a major global threat to biodiversity and often affect ecosystem services negatively. They are particularly problematic on oceanic islands where there are many narrow-ranged endemic species, and ...
    • Geodiversity and biodiversity on a volcanic island: The role of scattered phonolites for plant diversity and performance 

      Kienle, David; Walentowitz, Anna; Sungur, Leyla; Chiarucci, Alessandro; Irl, Severin D. H.; Jentsch, Anke; Vetaas, Ole Reidar; Field, Richard; Beierkuhnlein, Carl (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Oceanic islands are cradles of endemism, contributing substantially to global biodiversity. A similarity in magmatic origin translates into high global comparability of substrates of volcanic islands on the oceanic crust ...
    • Influences of sea level changes and volcanic eruptions on Holocene vegetation in Tonga 

      Strandberg, Nichola A.; Edwards, Mary E.; Ellison, Joanna C.; Steinbauer, Manuel; Walentowitz, Anna; Fall, Patricia L.; Sear, David; Langdon, Peter G.; Cronin, Shane; Castilla-Beltrán, Alvaro; Croudace, Ian W.; Prebble, Matiu; Gosling, William D.; Nogué, Sandra (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Here, we investigate Mid- to Late-Holocene vegetation changes in low-lying coastal areas in Tonga and how changing sea levels and recurrent volcanic eruptions have influenced vegetation dynamics on four islands of the ...
    • Outdoor cycling activity affected by COVID-19 related epidemic-control-decisions 

      Schweizer, Anne-Maria; Leiderer, Anna; Mitterwallner, Veronika; Walentowitz, Anna; Mathes, Gregor H.; Steinbauer, Manuel (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-05-06)
      Aim: The lockdown of sports infrastructure due to the COVID-19 pandemic has substantially shifted people’s physical activity towards public green spaces. With Germany’s lockdown as one of the more severe governmentally ...
    • Plant dispersal characteristics shape the relationship of diversity with area and isolation 

      Walentowitz, Anna; Troiano, Claudia; Christiansen, Julie B.; Steinbauer, Manuel; Barfod, Anders S. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Aim The relation of plant dispersal syndromes with insular species richness patters remains one of the challenges in island biogeography, especially as people have affected species distribution patterns. This study ...